cuck·ing stool (k k  ng)n. An instrument of punishment no longer in use, consisting of a chair in which the offender was tied and exposed to public derision or ducked in water. [Middle English cukking stol, from cukken, to defecate, of Scandinavian origin; see kakka- in Indo-European roots.] |
cucking stool [ˈkʌkɪŋ]
n
(Historical Terms) History a stool to which suspected witches, scolds, etc., were tied and pelted or ducked into water as a punishment Compare ducking stool
[C13 cucking stol, literally: defecating chair, from cukken to defecate; compare Old Norse kúkr excrement]
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| Noun | 1. |  cucking stool - an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in waterinstrument of punishment - an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person |
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